This is a list of submitted names in which the meaning contains the keyword shade.
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Chhaya f IndianMeans "shadow" or "shade" in Sanskrit. Chhaya is the Hindu personification of the goddess of a shadow.
Dolwethil f LiteratureMeans "dark shadow-woman" from Sindarin
doll "dark, dusky, misty, obscure" combined with
gwâth "shade, shadow, dim light" and the feminine suffix
il. In the works of J. R. R. Tolkien this was another name of
Thuringwethil, a vampire of Angband.
Goni m & f HebrewPossibly taken from the word
gavan (גוון) which means "tone" or "shade (of a color)" in Hebrew.
Hazelelponi f BiblicalMeans "shade coming upon me" in Hebrew. This is the name of a woman of the tribe of Judah mentioned in 1 Chronicles 4:8.
Ina-ṣilli-esabad f BabylonianMeans "In the protection of Esabad" (the temple of the medicine goddess
Gula), from the Akkadian
ina ṣilli ("under the aegis of, in shadow, in the shade").
Malulani m & f HawaiianHawaiian unisex name meaning "heavenly shade" or "heavenly protection".
Mengyin f ChineseFrom the Chinese
朦 (méng) meaning "condition or appearance of the moon" and
荫 (yīn) meaning "shade, shelter, protect".
Nightshade f & m English (Rare)From the common name for plants in the Solanaceae, especially
Atropa belladonna, a highly toxic perennial also known as deadly nightshade and belladonna. Ultimately from Old English
niht "night" and
sceadu "shadow, shade".
Ombretta f Italian, LiteratureCoined as a diminutive of Italian
ombra "shade; shadow", this name first came into usage after Antonio Fogazzaro used it for a character in his novel
Piccolo mondo antico (
The Little World of the Past in English) (1895).
Periwinkle f English (Rare)From the English word for the color "periwinkle", from Middle English
parwynke, referring to a "light blue and purple shade". It's also the name of a flower.
Sai f & m Indian, PakistaniIt means "saint", "master", or "lord" in Sindhi and Marathi, from the Dari Persian "sāyæ"... [
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Siyue f ChineseFrom the Chinese
思 (sī) meaning "think, consider" and
樾 (yuè) meaning "the shade of trees".
Yinqiu f ChineseFrom the Chinese
荫 (yīn) meaning "shade, shelter" and
秋 (qiū) meaning "autumn".
Zhansaya f KazakhFrom Kazakh жан
(zhan) meaning "soul" and сая
(saya) meaning "comfort, ease, shade".